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TANK.

Application filed November 2, 1915.

To all whom 'it may concern y y Be it known that I, JOHN S. GANTz, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Sapulpa, in the county of Creek and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved knock down, portable, bolted, metallic tank adapted for use for storing crude petroleum at wells and in the field and also for holding gasolene, kerosene and lubricating oils and all the parts of crude oils at refineries, for steaming crude oil to separate the oil from the water and for other like purposes, the object of the invention being to provide an improved tank of this character which may be readily assembled and disassembled and hence may be used at various localities; another object being to provide improved means for reinforcing the tank; another object being to provide improved means for effecting tight joints in the tank.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a tank constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same set up. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Figs. 4 5 are detail views.

The bottom 1 and top 2 of the tank are preferably each made of a single piece of sheet metal and are circular and each is provided with a flange formed integral therewith and for engaging around and on the outer side of the cylindrical wall of the tank. The flange of the bottom is indicated at 3 and that of the top at 4. The bottom is here shown as comprising a pair of pieces 5 which are arranged in partial overlapping relation as at 6. Under the bottom and extending across the center of the same is a reinforcing angle bar 8 which is secured by bolts 9 the said bolts also securing the pieces of the bottom together, a gasket l() of .suitable coinposition being interposed between the overlapping portions of the pieces and being compressed between the bolts and hence serving to effect a tight joint and prevent leakage. I would have it understood that the bottom and top may be each made of either' a single piece of sheet metal or of any Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Serial No. 59,235.

suitable number of pieces according tothe size of the tank and I would also have it understood that the tank may be made ofV any size and shape desired.

The cylindrical wall 11 of the tank is composed of a suitable number of suitable segmental sections 12 each of which is made of sheet steel of suitable thickness or of other suitable sheet metal. These sections are assembled with their edges arranged in partly overlapping relation and with gasket strips of suitable composition 13 interposed between them at the joints, and at the inner side of each of said joints is a reinforcing angle bar 14 secured by the same bolts 15 which secure the sections l12 together. The flanges of the top and bottom, which engage around the ends of the cylindrical wall of the tank are bolted to said cylindrical wall by bolts 16, composition gaskets 17 being interposed between the wall sections and the .said flanges as shown. The top of the tank 1s provided with a centrally arranged manhole 18 around which, on the under side of the top, is a ring 19 and radially arranged reinforcing angle bars 2O are provided for the top which have their outer ends bolted to the wall as at 21 and their inner ends bolted to said ring and also through the top as at 22. A pair of vertical reinforcing angle bars 23 extend from the bottom to the top of the tank and are secured at their upper ends to two of the reinforcing angle bars 2O the said bars 23 being suitably spaced apart and being connected together by transversely arranged angle bars 24 which are bolted thereto as at 25, said bars 23 and bars 25 forming a ladder as well as a reinforce between the bottom and top of the tank and in tanks of larger size enable a person to enter through the upper manhole as may be required.

By taking off the nuts and removing the bolts all the parts of the tank may be readily disassembled and hence the tank may be conipactly stowed when not in use, may be readily transported, and may be readily set up at any place where it is desired to use the same. A manhole 2G is also provided near the bottom of the tank, at one side thereof, and has a nipple 27 for the attachment of a pipe, a nipple 28 being also pro vided in one side of the tank, near the bottom, as shown. A tank thus constructed is extremely cheap and simple, is very durable versely reinforcing bar under thebotto-m, c

radially arranged reinforcing barsunder the 1o top, vertically arranged reinforcing bars connecting the top and bottom and attached at their upper. endsto sa-idradial reinforcing bars and cross bars connecting said vertically arranged reinforcing bars and coactingy therewith to form a ladder in the tank.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

JOHN` s. GANTZ.

Witnesses f H. D. MITCHELL, C. W. WELSH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

